Divorced, destitute and left for dead — the dark side of tradwife life after 35
With her husband hailed king of the castle — almost rivaling the Holy Trinity between God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit — Templeton, who married at age 26, eagerly abandoned her dreams of pursuing a career in art to, instead, satisfy her man’s every command.
From growing the family’s produce in her private garden to gussying up in sexy outfits and cosmetics before he came home from work, the brunette’s routine became that of an extreme 1950s homemaker: obeying, baking and baby-making.
It’s a regimen that most traditional, or “trad,” wives follow based on religious principles.
Unlike housewives, women who manage their households and raise kids as equals to their working spouses, tradwives often become subservient subordinates whose sole purpose is to please their partner.
But by 36, the mother of four found herself feeling like “a prisoner” in her marriage — which ultimately ended in the once-taboo “D” word.
And Templeton shared that her biggest challenge post-divorce was navigating life without a solid education, professional résumé or real-world experiences.
The New Jersey native is just one in the rising army of former tradwives who, after saying “I Do” to a life of submissive servitude in their late teens or early 20s, are now virally warning women about the not-so-Instagrammable dark side.
“At a certain age, I got to a point in the marriage where I was like, ‘Oh my god, is this really what I want to do with my life? What comes after this?” Templeton told The Post.
Of the tradwives who do stay in their marriages, she believes they have become “dead inside, and that’s why they’re not promoting the lifestyle like some of the young popular tradwives online.”
“[Older tradwives] are keeping their heads down, gritting their teeth and waiting to die because that’s all there is left for them. That’s their only escape.”
https://nypost.com/2026/07/07/lifestyle/...lifestyle/
With her husband hailed king of the castle — almost rivaling the Holy Trinity between God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit — Templeton, who married at age 26, eagerly abandoned her dreams of pursuing a career in art to, instead, satisfy her man’s every command.
From growing the family’s produce in her private garden to gussying up in sexy outfits and cosmetics before he came home from work, the brunette’s routine became that of an extreme 1950s homemaker: obeying, baking and baby-making.
It’s a regimen that most traditional, or “trad,” wives follow based on religious principles.
Unlike housewives, women who manage their households and raise kids as equals to their working spouses, tradwives often become subservient subordinates whose sole purpose is to please their partner.
But by 36, the mother of four found herself feeling like “a prisoner” in her marriage — which ultimately ended in the once-taboo “D” word.
And Templeton shared that her biggest challenge post-divorce was navigating life without a solid education, professional résumé or real-world experiences.
The New Jersey native is just one in the rising army of former tradwives who, after saying “I Do” to a life of submissive servitude in their late teens or early 20s, are now virally warning women about the not-so-Instagrammable dark side.
“At a certain age, I got to a point in the marriage where I was like, ‘Oh my god, is this really what I want to do with my life? What comes after this?” Templeton told The Post.
Of the tradwives who do stay in their marriages, she believes they have become “dead inside, and that’s why they’re not promoting the lifestyle like some of the young popular tradwives online.”
“[Older tradwives] are keeping their heads down, gritting their teeth and waiting to die because that’s all there is left for them. That’s their only escape.”
https://nypost.com/2026/07/07/lifestyle/...lifestyle/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
